2003 (76th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 2003. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.

Best Picture

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers.

Lost in Translation, American Zoetrope/Elemental Films Production; Focus Features. (USA, Japan) Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola, Producers.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures and Miramax Films Production; 20th Century Fox. Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson, Producers.

Mystic River, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (USA, Australia) Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt and Clint Eastwood, Producers.

Seabiscuit, Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment Production; Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass. Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Gary Ross, Producers.

Actor in a Leading Role

Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista.

Ben Kingsley in House of Sand and Fog, Michael London Production; DreamWorks in association with Cobalt Media Group.

Jude Law in Cold Mountain, Mirage Enterprises/Bona Fide Production; Miramax. (UK, Italy, Romania, USA)

Bill Murray in Lost in Translation, American Zoetrope/Elemental Films Production; Focus Features. (USA, Japan)

Sean Penn in Mystic River, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (USA, Australia)

Actress in a Leading Role

Keisha Castle-Hughes in Whale Rider, South Pacific Pictures Production; Newmarket Films. (New Zealand, Germany)

Diane Keaton in Something’s Gotta Give, Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing.

Samantha Morton in In America, Hell’s Kitchen Production; Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox. (Ireland, UK, USA)

Charlize Theron in Monster, MDP Film Productions and Zodiac Production; Newmarket Films. (Germany, USA)

Naomi Watts in 21 Grams, This is That, Y Productions Production; Focus Features.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Alec Baldwin in The Cooler, Cooler LLC Production; Lions Gate Films.

Benicio Del Toro in 21 Grams, This is That, Y Productions Production; Focus Features.

Djimon Hounsou in In America, Hell’s Kitchen Production; Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox. (Ireland, UK, USA)

Tim Robbins in Mystic River, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (USA, Australia)

Ken Watanabe in The Last Samurai, Samurai Pictures, LLC Production; Warner Bros. (USA, New Zealand, Japan)

Actress in a Supporting Role

Shohreh Aghdashloo in House of Sand and Fog, Michael London Production; DreamWorks in association with Cobalt Media Group.

Patricia Clarkson in Pieces of April, IFC Productions through United Artists Films Inc. Production; United Artists through MGM.

Marcia Gay Harden in Mystic River, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (USA, Australia)

Holly Hunter in Thirteen, Michael London Productions, Working Title Films, Antidote Films Production; Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox. (USA, UK)

Renée Zellweger in Cold Mountain, Mirage Enterprises/Bona Fide Production; Miramax. (UK, Italy, Romania, USA)

Directing

City of God, O2 Filmes and VideoFilmes Production, Co-Production Globo Filmes, Lumiere, StudioCanal and Wild Bunch; Miramax. (Brazil, France, Germany) Fernando Meirelles.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Peter Jackson.

Lost in Translation, American Zoetrope/Elemental Films Production; Focus Features. (USA, Japan) Sofia Coppola.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures and Miramax Films Production; 20th Century Fox. Peter Weir.

Mystic River, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (USA, Australia) Clint Eastwood.

Animated Feature Film

Brother Bear, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker.

Finding Nemo, Pixar Animation Studios Production; Buena Vista. (USA, Australia) Andrew Stanton.

The Triplets of Belleville, Les Armateurs Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (France, Belgium, Canada, UK, Latvia, USA) Sylvain Chomet.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

Girl with a Pearl Earring, Archer Street Ltd. 2003 Production; Lions Gate Films. (UK, Luxembourg) Art direction by Ben Van Os; set decoration by Cecile Heideman.

The Last Samurai, Samurai Pictures, LLC Production; Warner Bros. (USA, New Zealand, Japan) Art direction by Lilly Kilvert; set decoration by Gretchen Rau.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Art direction by Grant Major; set decoration by Dan Hennah and Alan Lee.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures and Miramax Films Production; 20th Century Fox. Art direction by William Sandell; set decoration by Robert Gould.

Seabiscuit, Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment Production; Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass. Art direction by Jeannine Oppewall; set decoration by Leslie Pope.

Cinematography

City of God, O2 Filmes and VideoFilmes Production, Co-Production Globo Filmes, Lumiere, StudioCanal and Wild Bunch; Miramax. (Brazil, France, Germany) Cesar Charlone.

Cold Mountain, Mirage Enterprises/Bona Fide Production; Miramax. (UK, Italy, Romania, USA) John Seale.

Girl with a Pearl Earring, Archer Street Ltd. 2003 Production; Lions Gate Films. (UK, Luxembourg) Eduardo Serra.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures and Miramax Films Production; 20th Century Fox. Russell Boyd.

Seabiscuit, Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment Production; Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass. John Schwartzman.

Costume Design

Girl with a Pearl Earring, Archer Street Ltd. 2003 Production; Lions Gate Films. (UK, Luxembourg) Dien van Straalen.

The Last Samurai, Samurai Pictures, LLC Production; Warner Bros. (USA, New Zealand, Japan) Ngila Dickson.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures and Miramax Films Production; 20th Century Fox. Wendy Stites.

Seabiscuit, Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment Production; Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass. Judianna Makovsky.

Documentary

(Feature)

Balseros, Bausan Films S.L. Production; Seventh Art. (Spain) Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech.

Capturing the Friedmans, Hit the Ground Running Production; Magnolia Pictures. Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling.

The Fog of War, Globe Department Store Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Errol Morris and Michael Williams.

My Architect, Louis Kahn Project, Inc. Production; New Yorker Films. Nathaniel Kahn and Susan R. Behr.

The Weather Underground, Free History Project Production; Shadow Distribution. Sam Green and Bill Siegel.

(Short Subject)

Asylum, Constant Communication & Make-do Production. Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker.

Chernobyl Heart, Downtown TV Documentaries Production. Maryann DeLeo.

Ferry Tales, Penelope Pictures Production. Katja Esson.

Film Editing

City of God, O2 Filmes and VideoFilmes Production, Co-Production Globo Filmes, Lumiere, StudioCanal and Wild Bunch; Miramax. (Brazil, France, Germany) Daniel Rezende.

Cold Mountain, Mirage Enterprises/Bona Fide Production; Miramax. (UK, Italy, Romania, USA) Walter Murch.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Jamie Selkirk.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures and Miramax Films Production; 20th Century Fox. Lee Smith.

Seabiscuit, Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment Production; Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass. William Goldenberg.

Foreign Language Film

The Barbarian Invasions, Cinémaginaire Inc. Production; Miramax. (Canada, France) Canada.

Evil, Moviola Film & Television Production. (Sweden, Denmark) Sweden.

The Twilight Samurai, Shochiku/Nippon Television Network/Sumitomo/Hakuhodo/Nippon Shuppan Hanbai/Eisei Gekijo Production; Empire Pictures. (Japan) Japan.

Twin Sisters, IdtV Film Production; Miramax. (Netherlands, Luxembourg) The Netherlands.

Želary, Total HelpArt T.H.A./Barrandov Studio Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria) Czech Republic.

Makeup

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Richard Taylor and Peter King.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures and Miramax Films Production; 20th Century Fox. Edouard Henriques III and Yolanda Toussieng.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Ve Neill and Martin Samuel.

Music

(Original Score)

Big Fish, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Danny Elfman.

Cold Mountain, Mirage Enterprises/Bona Fide Production; Miramax. (UK, Italy, Romania, USA) Gabriel Yared.

Finding Nemo, Pixar Animation Studios Production; Buena Vista. (USA, Australia) Thomas Newman.

House of Sand and Fog, Michael London Production; DreamWorks in association with Cobalt Media Group. James Horner.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Howard Shore.

(Original Song)

Belleville Rendez-Vous from The Triplets of Belleville, Les Armateurs Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (France, Belgium, Canada, UK, Latvia, USA) Music by Benoit Charest; lyric by Sylvain Chomet.

Into the West from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Music and lyric by Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox.

A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow from A Mighty Wind, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Warner Bros. Music and lyric by Michael McKean and Annette O’Toole.

Scarlet Tide from Cold Mountain, Mirage Enterprises/Bona Fide Production; Miramax. (UK, Italy, Romania, USA) Music and lyric by T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello.

You Will Be My Ain True Love from Cold Mountain, Mirage Enterprises/Bona Fide Production; Miramax. (UK, Italy, Romania, USA) Music and lyric by Sting.

Short Films

(Animated)

Boundin’, Pixar Animation Studios Production. Bud Luckey.

Destino, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. (France, USA) Dominique Monfery and Roy Edward Disney.

Gone Nutty, Blue Sky Studios Production; 20th Century Fox. Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin.

Harvie Krumpet, Melodrama Pictures Production. (Australia) Adam Elliot.

Nibbles, Acme Filmworks Production. (Canada) Chris Hinton.

(Live Action)

Die rote Jacke (The Red Jacket), Hamburger Filmwerkstatt Production. (Germany) Florian Baxmeyer.

Most (The Bridge), Eastwind Films Production. (USA, Czech Republic) Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka.

Squash, Tetramedia Production. (France) Lionel Bailliu.

(A) Torzija [(A) Torsion], Studio Arkadena Production. (Slovenia) Stefan Arsenijević.

Two Soldiers, Shoe Clerk Picture Company Production. Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks.

Sound Editing

Finding Nemo, Pixar Animation Studios Production; Buena Vista. (USA, Australia) Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures and Miramax Films Production; 20th Century Fox. Richard King.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Christopher Boyes and George Watters II.

Sound Mixing

The Last Samurai, Samurai Pictures, LLC Production; Warner Bros. (USA, New Zealand, Japan) Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Jeff Wexler.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures and Miramax Films Production; 20th Century Fox. Paul Massey, D. M. Hemphill and Arthur Rochester.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David Campbell and Lee Orloff.

Seabiscuit, Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment Production; Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass. Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Tod A. Maitland.

Visual Effects

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures and Miramax Films Production; 20th Century Fox. Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness and Robert Stromberg.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee.

Writing

(Adapted Screenplay)

American Splendor, Good Machine Production; HBO Films in association with Fine Line Features. Written by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman.

City of God, O2 Filmes and VideoFilmes Production, Co-Production Globo Filmes, Lumiere, StudioCanal and Wild Bunch; Miramax. (Brazil, France, Germany) Screenplay by Braulio Mantovani.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson.

Mystic River, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (USA, Australia) Screenplay by Brian Helgeland.

Seabiscuit, Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment Production; Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass. Written for the screen by Gary Ross.

(Original Screenplay)

The Barbarian Invasions, Cinémaginaire Inc. Production; Miramax. (Canada, France) Written by Denys Arcand.

Dirty Pretty Things, Celador Films Production; Miramax and BBC Films. (UK) Written by Steven Knight.

Finding Nemo, Pixar Animation Studios Production; Buena Vista. (USA, Australia) Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, and David Reynolds; original story by Andrew Stanton.

In America, Hell’s Kitchen Production; Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox. (Ireland, UK, USA) Written by Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan.

Lost in Translation, American Zoetrope/Elemental Films Production; Focus Features. (USA, Japan) Written by Sofia Coppola.

Honorary Award

To Blake Edwards in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen. [ [Statuette]]

To Douglas Greenfield in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [ [John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation]]

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Peter D. Parks

Scientific and Technical Award

(Academy Award of Merit)

To Digidesign for the design, development and implementation of the Pro Tools digital audio workstation. The efficient algorithms, extensible architecture and intuitive interface have enabled Pro Tools to become the worldwide standard for the creation and editing of motion picture soundtracks.

To Bill Tondreau of Kuper Controls for his significant advancements in the field of motion control technology for motion picture visual effects. Measuring his valuable contributions to the invention and implementation of robotic camera systems in decades rather than years, his efforts have aided motion control in becoming a core technology that has supported the renaissance of visual effects.

(Scientific and Engineering Award)

To Kinoton GmbH for the engineering and development of the Kinoton FP 30/38 EC II Studio Projector. This high-speed studio projector produces an image quality equal to projectors with Geneva movements. With its unparalleled shuttle speed, reversibility and acceleration, this projector has set a new standard for post-production viewing as well as in traditional screening facilities.

To Kenneth L. Tingler, Charles C. Anderson, Diane E. Kestner and Brian A. Schell of the Eastman Kodak Company for the successful development of a process-surviving antistatic layer technology for motion picture film. This technology successfully controls the static buildup on processed intermediate and sound negative films during high speed printing operations.

To Christopher Alfred, Andrew J. Cannon, Michael C. Carlos, Mark Crabtree, Chuck Grindstaff and John Melanson for their significant contributions to the evolution of digital audio editing for motion picture post production. Through their respective pioneering efforts with AMS AudioFile, Waveframe and Fairlight, the work of these gentlemen contributed significantly to the development and realization of digital audio workstations with full editing capabilities for motion picture soundtracks.

To Stephen Regelous for the design and development of Massive, the autonomous agent animation system used for the battle sequences in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Massive takes a new approach in simulating behaviors of large numbers of computer-generated extras a.k.a. “agents.” Each “agent” contains a primitive software “brain” used to develop behavioral rules simulating a wide range of behaviors. In The Lord of the Rings trilogy, over 200,000 agents were controlled in several scenes.

(Technical Achievement Award)

To Kish Sadhvani for the concept and optical design, Paul Duclos for the practical realization and production engineering and Carl Pernicone for the mechanical design and engineering of the portable cine viewfinder system known as the Ultimate Director’s Finder (UDF). This versatile, modular and widely accepted cine viewfinder system is capable of properly displaying images in multiple formats ranging from 35mm anamorphic to super 16.

To Henrik Wann Jensen, Stephen R. Marschner and Pat Hanrahan for their pioneering research in simulating subsurface scattering of light in translucent materials as presented in their paper “A Practical Model for Subsurface Light Transport.” This mathematical model contributed substantially to the development and implementation of practical techniques for simulating subsurface scattering of light in translucent materials for computer-generated images in motion pictures.

To Christophe Hery, Ken McGaugh and Joe Letteri for their groundbreaking implementations of practical methods for rendering skin and other translucent materials using subsurface scattering techniques. These groundbreaking techniques were used to create realistic-looking skin on digitally created characters.